
Marina Svensson
Professor

Genealogy making and lineages in postsocialist China : Space, labor, and rituals under processes of heritagization
Author
Summary, in English
This photo essay addresses the work and rituals surrounding the making and printing of genealogies in post-socialist China. The essay documents how lineages and printmakers negotiate a new socio-economic environment under the process of heritagization, the materiality and labor of printmaking, and the spaces in which work and rituals takes place. It adds to our understanding of the continuing importance of lineages in Chinese society and how ancestral halls take on new forms and functions in a rapidly changing semi-urban environment.
Department/s
- Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
Publishing year
2022
Language
English
Pages
129-147
Publication/Series
Visual Ethnography
Volume
11
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Visual Ethnography
Topic
- Other Humanities not elsewhere specified
- Social Anthropology
- Visual Arts
Keywords
- Photography
- heritage
- China
- genealogy
- lineages
- genealogies
- printmaking
- heritagization
- transmitters
- ancestral halls
- rituals
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2281-1605